Hessing Tomb in Agra

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  Dr. Vinod Kumar

  :: 12 July 2017 10:01:32

  Hessing's tomb is located in the Padretola, or Padresanto, a Christian cemetery in Agra: The tomb of John Hessing, hard by, is a still more splendid edifice, being a copy, in red sandstone, of the famous Taj Mahal, and on a pretty extensive scale too, though far smaller than the original. The tomb, which was completed in or about the year of the British conquest, bears an inscription in good English, setting forth that the deceased colonel was a Dutchman, who died Commandant of Agra, in his 63rd year, 21 July 1803, just before Lake's successful siege of the place.* The Tomb was built by John Hessing's wife, Alice.